My ancestors generally were from a bit further south1 so getting to see what resources there are for Michigan research is a real treat.

Vital records are key to any genealogical research, and the Michigan Historical Center’s Seeking Michigan website has links to some anyone with Michigan roots needs to know about. Death records are there in large numbers in two digital collections: Death Records, 1897-1920; and Death Records, 1921-1952. For the former, there are nearly one million death records created between 1897 and 1920. For the latter, records created up to 1939 include an image of the death certificate; later records are index-only.

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An important part of the legal heritage of Detroit (founded in 1701) and Michigan is the Coutume de Paris / Custom of Paris that was the one legal code in New France. Detroit and Michigan (and other areas settled by the French in the era of New France) used this code before and after the subsequent British regime. Although the French-Canadian Heritage of Society of Michigan has spoken in the past at the DPL, the current conference has nothing about French-Canadian heritage. If you have never heard of it, I invite you to read my article “Marriage Contract in New France according to La Coutume de Paris / The Custom of Paris” and the accompanying example of my translation of such a contract. Click on the titles in the left side of the page for pdfs. Suzanne Boivin Sommerville

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